CL-SOM-iMX8Plus NXP iMX8M-Plus Linux Resources

Compulab System on Module (SOM) products are miniature computer boards designed for integration into custom industrial applications. CL-SOM-iMX8Plus System on Module is based on the NXP i.MX8M Plus processor featuring a highly scalable dual/quad core Cortex-A53 CPU, coupled with powerful graphics and video processing units. CL-SOM-iMX8Plus is provided with comprehensive documentation and full ready-to-run support for the Linux operating system.

Getting Started		Development		How-to Guides and Application Notes
Evaluation Eval-kit Quick Start Guide Eval-Kit Hardware Guide Installing Yocto on SD card Installing Yocto onto on-board eMMC Known Issues Support Getting Technical Support Engineering Support Portal Useful Links CL-SOM-iMX8Plus Product Page CL-SOM-iMX8Plus Hardware Revision Notes SB-iMX8Plus Product Page		Building Yocto and U-Boot Setting Up Yocto Build Environment Building CL-SOM-iMX8Plus Yocto Linux images Building CL-SOM-iMX8Plus Linux Kernel Building CL-SOM-iMX8Plus Boot Firmware Boot Firmware Recovery Common Yocto Build Errors Customizing O/S and Drivers Introduction to Yocto development Making Changes to Yocto Meta-Layers Introduction to Device Trees Configuring I/O - Device Tree Customization Creating OTA update enabled images with Mender Creating OS image with secure boot		Using Interfaces and Functions Console Display Video Camera WiFi Bluetooth CAN bus RTC Sleep Mode CPU frequency CPU temperature SOM Serial Number Application Notes Developing with Qt on CompuLab platforms Optimizing eMMC lifetime and reliability

From time to time Compulab releases new software versions for CL-SOM-iMX8Plus in order to fix bugs, address component changes and add functionality. It is highly recommended to subscribe to the CL-SOM-iMX8Plus RSS Feed in order to receive automatic notifications about software updates.

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18-Mar-2026, CL-SOM-iMX8MPlus Yocto Linux 3.1 (release notes) - Yocto 5.0.4 (Scarthgap LTS) for CL-SOM-iMX8MPlus - Based on NXP release scarthgap-6.6.52-2.2.0 - U-Boot 2023.04 based on NXP lf_v2023.04 - Kernel 6.6.52 based on NXP lf-6.6.y 19-Jun-2025, CL-SOM-iMX8MPlus Yocto Linux 3.0 (release notes) Yocto 5.0 (Scarthgap LTS) for CL-SOM-iMX8MPlus - Based on NXP release scarthgap-6.6.52-2.2.0 - Kernel 6.6.52 based on NXP lf-6.6.y - U-Boot 2023.04 based on NXP lf_v2023.04 16-Jul-2023, CL-SOM-iMX8MPlus Yocto Linux 2.0 (release notes) Yocto 4.0 (Kirkstone) for CL-SOM-iMX8MPlus - Based on NXP release Kirkstone-5.15.71-2.0.0 - Kernel 5.15.71 based on NXP lf-5.15.y - U-Boot 2021.04 based on NXP lf_v2021.04 31-Mar-2022, CL-SOM-iMX8Plus Yocto Linux 1.0 (release notes) Yocto 3.3 (Hadrknott) for CL-SOM-iMX8Plus - Based on NXP release 5.10.72-2.2.0 - Kernel 5.10.72 - U-Boot 2021.04